题目内容
Mary ________ a local fisherman while she was on vacation last month.
- A.got married
- B.got married to
- C.married to
- D.had been married
marry这个动词本身是一个瞬间动词,也是一个及物动词,所以一般为marry sb;而要表示状态,则用be (get) married to sb这一词组。本句的时间状语从句是以while而不是before引导的,所以不能用选项D.
Mary Jean Price Walls graduated second in her class in 1950.She had high hopes when she applied to a local college,Southwest Missouri State College.But after sending off her application,she spent months waiting for a reply.It never came.
Worse than simply being denied admission(拒绝接收),the school didn’t reply to her at all.It wasn’t a matter of her school records,but of her skin color:Wallsis African American,and in those days,that fact alone closed a lot of doors. “I was sad and I was hurt,”Walls told ABC News.“I did not expect the skin color would affect my application.I thought I could go to university like other students.”
Four years later,the government declared that all schools should not discriminate against(歧视)African Americans— but it was too late for Walls.She’d moved on with her life, becoming a wife and a mother,and working as an elevator operator.She retired last year,at the age of 77.
She stayed quiet about the unfairness she’d faced in Missouri State.Her son,Terry,went through school records and found that she’d been the first black student to ever apply to the college.Today,four percent of the Southwest Missouri State College body is African American—including Terry.
Although it’s too late for Missouri State to change the past,the school is awarding Walls with an honorary degree(荣誉学位)from the school.While she knows it’s too late for herto change the course of her own life with the degree,it’s a chance for her to show her family that Missouri State has changed in the last 60 years,and there’s not a single door closed to them anymore.
【小题1】Walls couldn’t enter the local college because________.
| A.her examination performance is too bad |
| B.girls were not allowed to go to college |
| C.she was an African?American student |
| D.her parents had no enough money to support her |
| A.her application would be accepted as others’ |
| B.it was hard to become a college student |
| C.it was impossible for her to be admitted |
| D.she could be the best student in her college |
| A.He helped his mother get the honorary degree. |
| B.He is a good student who teachers like best. |
| C.He was admitted by the college once his mother applied to. |
| D.He wants to be a government official who can help his mother. |
| A.Walls did not fight for her right to education. |
| B.The college did not receive Walls’s application. |
| C.Walls got a good job after she received the degree. |
| D.The government gave Walls some money for the wrongs. |
| A.she could change her life with the degree |
| B.her dream of going to college has come true |
| C.she has been leading a happy life with her family |
| D.great changes have taken place in Missouri State |
Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new baby. They find out that the new baby is going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael sings to his sister in Mommy's stomach.
In time, the labor pains come. But complications arise during delivery. Finally, Michael's little sister is born. But she is in serious condition. With alarm in the night, the ambulance rushes the infant to the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee. The days go by. The little girl gets worse. The pediatric (儿科的) specialist tells the parents, “There is very little hope. Be prepared for the worst.”
Karen and her husband contact a local cemetery about a burial plot. They have fixed up a special room in their home for the new baby, but now they plan a funeral. Michael keeps begging his parents to let him see his sister, "I want to sing to her," he says. But kids are never allowed in Intensive Care.
Karen makes up her mind. She will take Michael whether they like it or not. If he doesn’t see his sister now, he may never see her alive.
She dresses him in an oversized suit and marches him into ICU. He looks like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse recognizes him as a child and shouts, "Get that kid out of here now. No children are allowed. Never disturb patients here.” The mother rises up strongly and said," He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!"
Karen leads Michael to his sister's bedside. He gazes at the tiny infant losing the battle to live. And he begins to sing. In the pure hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sings:" You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray......" Instantly the baby girl responds. The pulse rate begins to calm down and becomes steady.
“Keep on singing, Michael." encouraged Karen with tears in her eyes. "You never know, dear, how much I love you, please don't take my sunshine away."
The next day, the very next day, the little girl is well enough to go home! Woman's Day magazine called it "the miracle of a brother's song". The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a miracle of Gods love!
Never give up on the people you love.
1.What may the underlined words "the infant" refer to?
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A.The baby |
B.Karen |
C.Mary |
D.Michael |
2.What do we know about the little sister after she was born?
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A.She was driven to St. Mary's shop. |
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B.A doctor came to see her in her house. |
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C.She was very thin and couldn't speak. |
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D.She was in great danger. |
3.Why did Karen firmly let little Michael see his sister in ICU?
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A.Because he could make his sister alive. |
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B.Because his sister would be sent to a far hospital. |
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C.Because his sister was going to die soon. |
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D.Because his father wanted to take him away. |
4.What do we know about the head nurse?
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A.The head nurse was careful. |
B.The head nurse was rude. |
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C.The head nurse was responsible. |
D.The head nurse had no sympathy. |
5.What is the general idea of the text?
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A.A boy' s singing saved his sister' s life. |
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B.The little girl is well enough to go home. |
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C.Michael's little sister is born with a serious disease. |
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D.No children are allowed to enter the intensive care unit. |